Chinese Canadian

A Chinese Canadian is a person of Chinese descent or origin who was born in or immigrated to Canada. Considered from the perspective of China, they are a group of overseas Chinese. In 2001 there were 1,094,700 Canadians of Chinese descent (100 000 having mixed Chinese and other race(s). They are by far the largest group who speak neither English nor French: 586,000 (1998), over 50%.

Canadian-born

Some refer to those Chinese Canadians of later generations as "CBC" (Canadian-born Chinese), a parallel to ABC (American-born Chinese). While the name emphasizes their Chinese-ness, some "CBCs" themselves use it as well, usually simply out of convenience and may not fully agree with it. These people also sometimes refer to themselves as "Bananas" since they may look Asian, yet they do not speak Chinese and/or share little with Chinese culture, thus "yellow" on the outside and "white" on the inside.

Related Topics:
Canadian-born Chinese - American-born Chinese

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Some of the labeled "Jook-sing" reject the possibility that China has anything to do with themselves as individuals.

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